# The Esquire Tavern: Agent-Direct Score D (53.8%)

Site: http://www.esquiretavern-sa.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/esquiretavern-sa.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Esquire Tavern is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open The Esquire Tavern's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.opentable.com/widget/reservation/mural?restaurantIds=57577&type=button&colorThemeId=3&isDarkMode=false&isIframe=true&domain=com&lang=en-US&isNewTab=true&otSource=Restaurant%20website&font=BrandonText&primaryColor=ffffff&primaryFontColor=333333&buttonColor=da3743&buttonFontColor=ffffff&logoPid=0&backgroundPid=0&demo=false&otLogo=standard&loadAllWidgets=false&uuid=4005a25a-6d28-44d1-a882-f3dfc3fc63be12&theme=standard (through opentable acting for the business)
- Order directly: https://www.toasttab.com/the-esquire-tavern-155-e-commerce-st/v3 (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://esquiretavern-sa.com/fare-libations/
- Phone: +12102222521
- Address: 155 E Commerce St, San Antonio 78205

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Esquire Tavern that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Domingo (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/domingorestaurant.com
- Ácenar Hot Mex Cool Bar (190 m): https://directindex.org/r/acenar.com
- The County Line (230 m): https://directindex.org/r/countyline.com
- Bubba Gump Shrimp Co (240 m): https://directindex.org/r/bubbagump.com
- Hard Rock Cafe (270 m): https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:checking your browser). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through opentable on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
766 of 1321 in San Antonio. Top 58% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 82% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 75% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Domingo (C, 52 m, https://directindex.org/r/domingorestaurant.com); Ácenar Hot Mex Cool Bar (B, 185 m, https://directindex.org/r/acenar.com); The County Line (A, 226 m, https://directindex.org/r/countyline.com); Drink (D, 228 m, https://directindex.org/r/drinktexas.com); Bubba Gump Shrimp Co (B, 236 m, https://directindex.org/r/bubbagump.com); Hard Rock Cafe (A, 265 m, https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com); Zinc Bistro & Bar (B, 266 m, https://directindex.org/r/zincwine.com); Joe's Crab Shack (B, 274 m, https://directindex.org/r/joescrabshack.com); Paesanos Riverwalk (A, 293 m, https://directindex.org/r/paesanosriverwalk.com); Whataburger (B, 293 m, https://directindex.org/r/whataburger.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 22 everyday questions about San Antonio and named 97 places. The Esquire Tavern wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/san-antonio/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 251600 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6562 sites); Sites using Toast 73% (62% A or B, 6753 sites); This site 53.8%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/esquiretavern-sa.com/agent-view

## Businesses like The Esquire Tavern in San Antonio

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Antonio | 1321 | 55% | 37% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress in San Antonio | 301 | 66% | 50% | 53.8% |
| Sites using OpenTable in San Antonio | 53 | 72% | 55% | 53.8% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in San Antonio | 27 | 68% | 44% | 53.8% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in San Antonio: Oro | Restaurant & Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/emilymorganhotel.com); Paesanos Riverwalk (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/paesanosriverwalk.com); Superior Seafood (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/superiorseafoodnola.com); Bohanan's Prime Steak and Seafood (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/bohanans.com); Chama Gaucha (B 78.8%, https://directindex.org/r/chamagaucha.com).

With the fix above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included), the score would be about 92.3%. That would be 80th of 1,321 in San Antonio, up from 766th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Esquire Tavern, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/esquiretavern-sa.com
- Book: https://www.opentable.com/widget/reservation/mural?restaurantIds=57577&type=button&colorThemeId=3&isDarkMode=false&isIframe=true&domain=com&lang=en-US&isNewTab=true&otSource=Restaurant%20website&font=BrandonText&primaryColor=ffffff&primaryFontColor=333333&buttonColor=da3743&buttonFontColor=ffffff&logoPid=0&backgroundPid=0&demo=false&otLogo=standard&loadAllWidgets=false&uuid=4005a25a-6d28-44d1-a882-f3dfc3fc63be12&theme=standard (vendor on own site: OpenTable; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested)
- Order: https://www.toasttab.com/the-esquire-tavern-155-e-commerce-st/v3 (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-11-12, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://esquiretavern-sa.com/fare-libations/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +12102222521
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/esquiretavern-sa.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/esquiretavern-sa.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/esquiretavern-sa.com/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Toast): yes
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/esquiretavern-sa.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/esquiretavern-sa.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=esquiretavern-sa.com&force=1